punkrock016
04-11-2002, 03:59 AM
Today, i went and hung out w/ my gf until it was dry enough to skate. I headed off to a local spot and spent a little time doing some ollie nose manuels and playing on a little gap. I headed off across the street and starting trying bs 180's off this knee high ledge w/out much runway, after i fell a few times i noticed these guys at a gas station behind me laughing thier asses off at me. Not really caring or paying attention, i finally landed it, then i fs 180'd it. I began trying kickflips off and i noticed that the same guys were walking my way...i continued skating and tried not to worry about them. they sat and watched for a minute and i finally asked them what was up, they replied, "just watchin". After tweaking my ankle a bit and limping for a moment, one of the guys goes, "why dont you quit if it hurts so bad?". I simply stated that it was too much fun, we argued for a couple minutes over "how busting your ass could be fun". so i finally got tired of it and go, "I'll give you a buck if you can do this..." and ollied. He goes, that looks easy, i'll bet $10 that i can do it. so i was like whatever, i figured it was just a friendly bet. so he rolls along and does a weak ollie, im like, thats cool...and grabbed my board and kept skating, hoping that the kids would forget that we had betted (smart me! :D).
So i continued my kickflip attempts and kept hearing, "where's my money, we had a bet!". I'm like "crap" whatever, i didnt have my wallet with me anyways and there was no way i was giving this dude $10. A minute later, i rolled for a second and noticed that one of my bearings had crushed and wouldn't roll. (in my head it looked like a way out of $10) so i was like "look what you did to my board! it wont roll, how am i going to get home? (my truck was parked 50 ft. away, but they didnt know that :D). so they were like, where do you live, i pointed the opposite way of my house and said "2 miles that way". they were like, "lets hop in my car and we'll take you to your house and we can get me my money". I simply replied, "you think im stupid, im not hopping in some car w/ a guy i dont know, lets start walking". so we start walking in the OPPOSITE way of my house (and away from my truck) towards this church that i knew of. On the way there, we started talking, i got their names and we started up a conversation that went like this.
them - "you ever done mushrooms?"
me - "hell no, i dont do drugs, or smoke, or drink"
them - "your life must suck" (what?)
me - "no im very happy, i ride my bike and skateboard, go to school, have a girlfriend, life IS GOOD"
them - "whatever"
so about this time we are approaching the church, im like, "im thirsty, im gonna go in here and get some water" hoping that they wouldnt follow me in there. they were like "you really wanna follow this kid in there, they're having church right now, ah F*** it, i dont care".
so i walked a little ahead of them and went into the bathroom, they follow me in and both of them walk into stalls to pee, so i walked out :D. I walked slowly around the corner and then bolted, i dont think i have ever ran that fast in my life. I ran across the road and behind some houses and ran all the way back to my truck completely out of breath and tired as crap. it was hilarious. those guys not only walked about half a mile to get ditched, they didnt get $10 either :D.
Moral of the story, dont bet money you dont have, and learn to run fast if you do...haha.
So i continued my kickflip attempts and kept hearing, "where's my money, we had a bet!". I'm like "crap" whatever, i didnt have my wallet with me anyways and there was no way i was giving this dude $10. A minute later, i rolled for a second and noticed that one of my bearings had crushed and wouldn't roll. (in my head it looked like a way out of $10) so i was like "look what you did to my board! it wont roll, how am i going to get home? (my truck was parked 50 ft. away, but they didnt know that :D). so they were like, where do you live, i pointed the opposite way of my house and said "2 miles that way". they were like, "lets hop in my car and we'll take you to your house and we can get me my money". I simply replied, "you think im stupid, im not hopping in some car w/ a guy i dont know, lets start walking". so we start walking in the OPPOSITE way of my house (and away from my truck) towards this church that i knew of. On the way there, we started talking, i got their names and we started up a conversation that went like this.
them - "you ever done mushrooms?"
me - "hell no, i dont do drugs, or smoke, or drink"
them - "your life must suck" (what?)
me - "no im very happy, i ride my bike and skateboard, go to school, have a girlfriend, life IS GOOD"
them - "whatever"
so about this time we are approaching the church, im like, "im thirsty, im gonna go in here and get some water" hoping that they wouldnt follow me in there. they were like "you really wanna follow this kid in there, they're having church right now, ah F*** it, i dont care".
so i walked a little ahead of them and went into the bathroom, they follow me in and both of them walk into stalls to pee, so i walked out :D. I walked slowly around the corner and then bolted, i dont think i have ever ran that fast in my life. I ran across the road and behind some houses and ran all the way back to my truck completely out of breath and tired as crap. it was hilarious. those guys not only walked about half a mile to get ditched, they didnt get $10 either :D.
Moral of the story, dont bet money you dont have, and learn to run fast if you do...haha.